James R. Wilson

Full Name: James R. Wilson
Date of birth: July 26, 1864
Date of death: August 7, 1904

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	1	Jan 13, 1903 - Aug 7, 1904	28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Texarkana / Bowie		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
S	1	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Texarkana / Bowie		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

(1) Wilson died after 1st C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(3) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 1
Jan 13, 1903 - Aug 7, 1904
Legislatures: 28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

Senate District 1
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

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Resolutions and Journal entries

29th Legislature, R.S., 1/11/1905, p. 7. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, J.R. Wilson, p. 63. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Jas. R. Wilson, Bowie County, age 36, born July 1864 in Virginia, district clerk, wife Mary L. Wilson. FamilySearch.
James R. Wilson, birth date 7/26/1864, death date 8/7/1904, burial at Shipp Cemetery, New Boston, Bowie County. Find a Grave.
"Terrell to Succeed Wilson," 8/23/1904, p. 3. " . . . Morris County has presented the name of J.M. Terrell of Daingerfield as a candidate to succeed the late Senator J.R. Wilson of the first. Terrell is a lawyer, and his county claims the Senatorship." Galveston Daily News.
Death notice, "Senator Wilson Dead," dateline 8/8/1904, newspaper dated 8/9/1904; State Senator James R. Wilson died last night (8/7/1904) at his home in New Boston of typhoid fever. Galveston Daily News.
28th Legislature (1903) - J.R. Wilson, postoffice Texarkana, Bowie County, nativity Virginia, farmer, age 38 (born circa 1865), Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. J.R. Wilson, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Wilson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

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28th R.S. - 1903 Finance (Chair) Internal Improvements Judicial Districts State Affairs Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments
27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, Sam Houston Normal Institute and the State Orphan Home, to Visit Apportionment Constitutional Amendments Enrolled Bills (Chair) Finance Internal Improvements Public Buildings and Grounds State Penitentiaries

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